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The Twins -- Sarah and Anne Haden, No. II
Sir Francis Seymour Haden (English, 1818–1910)
[1885]
Medium/Technique
Drypoint on copper
Dimensions
Platemark: 23.4 × 14.6 cm (9 3/16 × 5 3/4 in.)
Sheet: 31.1 × 20.2 cm (12 1/4 × 7 15/16 in.)
Sheet: 31.1 × 20.2 cm (12 1/4 × 7 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of L. Aaron Lebowich
Accession Number50.213
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Schneiderman (1983) 215, II; Harrington (1910) 228, I
DescriptionThe cancelled plate, the image defaced with strong drypoint lines, is in the Williamson Art Gallery and Museum, Birkenhead, England.
(See Schneiderman No. 55.)*
*At No. 55 Schneiderman quotes "Twin daughters of Thos. Haden of Derby - Anne being the wife of Mr. Kirk Booth [Boott] - who with Mr. Lowell, I have always understood, were the founders either of the town or of the works, I don't know which - of Lowell [Massachusetts]."
Note: In No. 55 the twins face to the left, in No. 215 the twins face to the right.
The MFA's is state II.
Schneiderman (1983) p. 393.
(See Schneiderman No. 55.)*
*At No. 55 Schneiderman quotes "Twin daughters of Thos. Haden of Derby - Anne being the wife of Mr. Kirk Booth [Boott] - who with Mr. Lowell, I have always understood, were the founders either of the town or of the works, I don't know which - of Lowell [Massachusetts]."
Note: In No. 55 the twins face to the left, in No. 215 the twins face to the right.
The MFA's is state II.
Schneiderman (1983) p. 393.
Signed
On sheet: in graphite, l.r. Seymour Haden
ProvenanceMr. Louis A. Lebowich, Boston; by whom given to MFA, 2/9/1950